Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment

OBJECTIVE: To compare three sampling methods and to pretest methods for the determination of fecal coliform (FC) counts and Toxocara species from sand in the day care outdoor environment.

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Main Authors: Hélène Carabin, Theresa W Gyorkos, Evelyne Kokoskin, Pierre Payment, Lawrence Joseph, Julio Soto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 1998-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/613048
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spelling doaj-c4ade0fe687f4daebf9f7b66fa8541b52020-11-24T22:09:59ZengHindawi LimitedCanadian Journal of Infectious Diseases1180-23321998-01-019314915610.1155/1998/613048Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care EnvironmentHélène Carabin0Theresa W Gyorkos1Evelyne Kokoskin2Pierre Payment3Lawrence Joseph4Julio Soto5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaOBJECTIVE: To compare three sampling methods and to pretest methods for the determination of fecal coliform (FC) counts and Toxocara species from sand in the day care outdoor environment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/1998/613048
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Julio Soto
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Theresa W Gyorkos
Evelyne Kokoskin
Pierre Payment
Lawrence Joseph
Julio Soto
Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment
Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Theresa W Gyorkos
Evelyne Kokoskin
Pierre Payment
Lawrence Joseph
Julio Soto
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title Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment
title_short Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment
title_full Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment
title_fullStr Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment
title_full_unstemmed Comparison of Methods of Sampling for Toxocara Species and Fecal Coliforms in an Outdoor Day Care Environment
title_sort comparison of methods of sampling for toxocara species and fecal coliforms in an outdoor day care environment
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases
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publishDate 1998-01-01
description OBJECTIVE: To compare three sampling methods and to pretest methods for the determination of fecal coliform (FC) counts and Toxocara species from sand in the day care outdoor environment.
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